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Cold War (1950-1974)
Discuss the aircraft modeling subjects during the Cold War period.
Hosted by Tim Hatton
In light of the freshly announced Airfix kit
Jessie_C
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 09:19 AM UTC
Radarman
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 11:06 PM UTC
Thanks for posting the link, Jessica. I had the chance to crawl through the AEW Shack while pulling AWACS alert duty out off Keflavik, Iceland in 1981. Our E-3As were like luxury liners in comparison. We were always welcomed with open arms when we flew in to RAF Lossiemouth and we had a great time with the Shack crews when they stayed at Keflavik.
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2015 - 12:32 AM UTC
The Airfix Shack is the MR2 version but will be ripe for an AEW conversion. You could use a Skyraider or Gannet AEW scanner housing as they did in the real plane.

If you can get hold of a copy I recommend the Aviation Classics book on the Shackleton. I bought my copy from WH Smith, however, for those who cannot find a copy follow this link http://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/site/searchlist/searchtext/SHACKLETON
phantom_phanatic309
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2015 - 12:50 AM UTC

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The Airfix Shack is the MR2 version but will be ripe for an AEW conversion. You could use a Skyraider or Gannet AEW scanner housing as they did in the real plane.

If you can get hold of a copy I recommend the Aviation Classics book on the Shackleton. I bought my copy from WH Smith, however, for those who cannot find a copy follow this link http://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/site/searchlist/searchtext/SHACKLETON


Revell have announced a new tool AEW2 for later in the year. Typical, you wait years for a decent Shack and 2 come along!
Redhand
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2015 - 02:32 AM UTC
Thanks Jessie for posting this! I love the parallel stories of the Lanc and Shackleton.
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2015 - 02:43 AM UTC
Great news for patrol plane lovers.
TankSGT
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Posted: Thursday, January 08, 2015 - 11:34 PM UTC
Thanks for posting Jessie that was a great story. I wish American media could do as good a job as the BBC.

Tom
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